AG Coakley Hosts National Cyber Crime Conference
Delivers Welcoming Remarks to Over 450 Law Enforcement Officers from Across the Country to Kick Off National Cyber Crime Conference
BOSTON — Today, Attorney General Martha Coakley offered welcoming remarks to commence the 2012 National Cyber Crime Conference, the first multi-day conference of its kind aimed at training law enforcement about the latest tools available to seize digital evidence.
“We are pleased that we have such overwhelming attendance at this national conference dealing with issues essential to all law enforcement and prosecutors,” said AG Coakley. “Continuous training on the seizure and analysis of digital evidence is vital because virtually every crime now has a cyber component and the technology is always evolving. This conference will help give law enforcement and prosecutors the tools they need to keep up with the criminals who look for ways to take advantage of that technology.”
The three-day conference consists of multiple breakout sessions, in which attendees will be trained on a wide range of topics pertaining to digital forensic analysis, including mobile device forensics, decryption, and the newest analytic software. Attendees will be able to learn how to seize and analyze evidence from basic mobile devices, iPhones and iPads, and even gaming consoles. Additional topics, such as cyber bullying, human trafficking, anti-piracy, and data breaches will be covered, as well as training to improve the prosecution of cybercrimes. There are 60 speakers that will be conducting the various sessions.
More than 450 law enforcement officers and prosecutors from across the nation are attending the conference, with 21 states and the U.S. Virgin Islands being represented by attendees. Law enforcement and prosecutors are attending from, among many others, the FBI, US Attorney’s Office, Department of Homeland Security – ICE, U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Department of Labor, Massachusetts State Police, Boston Police Department, and district attorney’s offices and police departments across the country.
The conference is being hosted by the AG’s Office in partnership with the National District Attorneys Association, Microsoft, the National White Collar Crime Center, and the Computer Advanced Technology Forensic Education program. Eight exhibitors will also participate in the conference: Cellebrite, SANS, Nuix, Absolute Software, Paraben Corporation, Guidance Software, JADSoftware, and SRT Wireless.
Since taking office in January 2007, Attorney General Coakley has made prevention and prosecution of cyber crime a priority. Shortly after taking office, Attorney General Coakley established a dedicated Cyber Crime Division within the office’s Criminal Bureau to lead the Attorney General’s Cyber Crime Initiative. In late 2007, Attorney General Coakley unveiled “The Massachusetts Strategic Plan for Cyber Crime,” designed to help the Commonwealth develop a statewide capacity to prevent, investigate, and prosecute crimes with a cyber component. The plan calls for law enforcement training, enhanced information sharing, the development of common operating procedures and standards, funding for cyber crime programs, and amending current law as it pertains to cyber crime.
On September 15, 2009, Attorney General Coakley announced the opening of the new state-of-the-art Computer Forensics Lab in Boston, which is part of the Cyber Crime Initiative and is designed to develop a statewide capacity to deal with cyber crime and more efficiently process digital evidence that is present in virtually every investigation. Through the Cyber Crime Initiative, the Attorney General’s Office has provided cyber training for more than 14,000 state and local law enforcement personnel from across the Commonwealth and the nation. The plan is available on the Attorney General’s website at www.mass.gov/ago.
A list of participating agencies and police departments include:
18th Judicial District Attorney |
2nd Judicial District Attorney's Office, Organized Crime Division |
32nd Judicial District of Texas |
Abington Police Department / MetroLEC Computer Crime Unit |
AGO Medicaid Fraud |
Amherst Police Department |
Amherst Police Department (NWDAO) |
Andover Police Department |
Apache County Attorney's Office |
Appeals Bureau, NY County District Attorney |
Ashland Police Department / MetroLEC Computer Crime Unit |
Barnstable Police Department |
Barnstable Sheriff's Office |
Belmont Police Department/NEMLEC CCU |
Bentley University Police |
Beverly Police Department/NEMLEC CCU |
Boston Police Department |
Bourne Police Department |
Boxford Police Department |
Brewster Police Department |
Bridgewater Police Department |
Bronx District Attorney's Office |
Brookline Police Department |
BU School of Medicine |
Bureau of Justice Statistics |
Burlington Police Department |
Butler County Attorney's Office |
Cambridge Police Department |
Canton Police Department / MetroLEC Computer Crime Unit |
Cape and Islands District Attorney's Office |
Chelsea Police Department |
Chicopee Police Department |
City Attorney's Office |
City Attorney's Office, Columbus Ohio |
City of Concord |
Commonwealth's Attorney's Office |
Cumberland County, Maine |
CWA's Office of Virginia Beach |
Dalton Police Department |
Dennis Police Department |
Department of Youth Services |
Derry Police Department |
DHS - ICE |
DHS-HIS |
DOJ - US Attorney’s Office |
Dover Police Department / MetroLEC Computer Crime Unit |
East Bridgewater Police Department |
East Providence Police Department |
Easthampton Police Department (NWDAO) |
Easton Police Department / MetroLEC Computer Crime Unit |
Erving Police Department |
Essex County Prosecutor's Office |
Essex District Attorney's Office |
FBI - Boston |
Fifth Judicial Circuit of Florida |
Fitchburg Police Department |
Fort Bend County District Attorney's Office (Texas) |
Foxboro Police Department / MetroLEC Computer Crime Unit |
Framingham Police Department |
Franklin County Sheriff's Office |
Greenfield Police Department (NWDAO) |
Hamilton Police Department |
Hampden County District Attorney's Office |
Harvard University Police Department |
Harwich Police Department |
Holliston Police Department |
Hopkinton Police Department |
Hudson Police Department |
IBM |
ICE |
Indiana State Police |
Information Technology Division |
Ipswich Police Department |
Jasper County Missouri |
Johnson County Prosecutors Office |
Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County |
Lexington Police Department |
Los Angeles City Attorney |
Louisiana Department of Justice |
MA Office of the Inspector General |
Mansfield Police Department |
Maricopa County Attorney's Office - Arizona |
Marlborough Police Department |
Marshfield Police Department |
Massachusetts Attorney General's Office |
Massachusetts State Police |
Massachusetts State Police |
Massachusetts State Police - Attorney General's Office |
Massachusetts State Police - DEMS |
Massachusetts State Police - MASSPORT |
Massachusetts State Police - Northwestern District Attorney's Office |
Massachusetts State Police Crime Lab |
MASSPORT |
Medfield Police Department |
Medford Police Department/NEMLEC CCU |
Medway Police Department / MetroLEC Computer Crime Unit |
MetroLEC Computer Crime Unit |
Metropolitan Washington Airports Auth Police Department |
Middlesex District Attorney's Office |
Middlesex Sheriff's Office/NEMLEC CCU |
Montague Police Department (NWDAO) |
Nantucket Police Department |
Nassau County District Attorney's Office |
Natick Police Department / MetroLEC Computer Crime Unit |
Nebraska Department of Justice |
Needham Police Department / MetroLEC Computer Crime Unit |
NEMLEC Computer Crime Unit |
New Bedford Police Department |
New Hampshire Attorney General's Office |
New Hampshire State Police Forensics Lab |
New York City Police Department |
Newton Police Department |
Norfolk County District Attorney's Office |
Norfolk District Attorney's Office |
North Attleboro Police Department |
Northampton Police Department (NWDAO) |
Northborough Police Department |
Northwestern District Attorney's Office |
Norwood Police Department / MetroLEC Computer Crime Unit |
Ocean County Prosecutor's Office |
Office of Grafton County Attorney |
Office of the State Attorney 5th Judicial Circuit of Florida |
Orange Police Department (NWDAO) |
Palmer Police Department |
Peabody Police Department |
Peabody Police Department/NEMLEC CCU |
Plymouth County District Attorney's Office |
Plymouth County Sheriff's Department |
Polk County Sheriff's Office |
Quincy Police Department |
Ramsey County Attorney's Office - Minnesota |
Randolph Police Department / MetroLEC Computer Crime Unit |
Rhode Island Attorney General's Office |
Rhode Island State Police |
RI State Police - Computer Crimes Unit |
Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office - Justice Division |
Seekonk Police Department |
Shawnee County District Attorney's Office |
Sherborn Police Department |
Shrewsbury Police Department |
Somerville Police Department/NEMLEC CCU |
South Hadley Police Department |
South Hadley Police Department (NWDAO) |
Spokane County Sheriff's Office |
Springfield Police Department |
State of Alaska Department of Law |
State's Attorney for Harford County, Maryland |
Stoughton Police Department |
Strafford County Attorney's Office |
Suffolk County District Attorney's Office |
Suffolk County District Attorney's Office - Boston Police Department |
Suffolk County District Attorney's Office - Massachusetts State Police Detective Unit |
Suffolk County District Attorney's Office (New York) |
Suffolk County Police Department, New York |
Taunton Police Department |
Texas Department of Public Safety |
Travis County District Attorney |
Truro Police Department |
Tufts University - Department of Public Safety |
UMass Boston Police Department |
UMass Police Department (NWDAO) |
UMass Worcester Police Department |
United States Air Force |
United States Marine Corps |
United States Navy |
US Department of Commerce / Office of Export Enforcement |
US Department of Labor/OLMS |
US Secret Service |
USAF / MITRE |
USVI Police Department |
Walpole Police Department / MetroLEC Computer Crime Unit |
Waltham Police Department |
Wellesley Police Department / MetroLEC Computer Crime Unit |
Wells Police Department |
Westfield Police Department |
Westfield State College |
Westwood Police Department |
Weymouth Police Department / MetroLEC Computer Crime Unit |
Winchester Police Department/NEMLEC CCU |
Woodbridge Twp Police |
Worcester County District Attorney's Office |
Worcester County District Attorney's Office - State Police Detective Unit |
Worcester Police Department |
Worcester State University Police Department |
Wrentham Police Department / MetroLEC Computer Crime Unit |
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